Small but Mighty

It was a short, topsy turvy week, but we still got a lot done.

By far the biggest accomplishment this week was finishing Paulie Fink. The class had a long and fruitful discussion about the way the book ended and our expectations. One of the biggest discussions, however, came about as we tried to find the climax of the book. We talked about how the conventions of “Rising Tension, Climax, Falling Tension, and Denouement” were in the book and how the multiple story lines all peaked at different times. Therefore, what a person considered the climax depended on which aspect of the story they found most central to the book. We enjoyed analyzing the author’s craft and thinking about how we could use it in our own writing.

Another highlight was streaming the NASA spacewalk today. The class was amazed to think about watching something taking place in space live and submitted questions to the astronauts. I am sure this inspiring experience is going to continue coloring our work with Operation Orpheus.

The rest of the week was full of great work on ratios and percents, which the class is growing to understand and use more fluently. We’ve established our foundation and I’m excited to dive deeper with it next week. We’re wrapping up our work with the next issue of the Plato Press, so that’s getting a little more intense every day. It was a fantastic week and I can’t wait to see what comes next week!

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